Posted August 3, 2020 by Dan Moser
The following list of awards from public entities includes all arts and humanities grants of $10,000 or more and all other grants of $200,000 or more between May 16 and June 15, 2020, as reported through NUgrant, the electronic research administration system for the university.
Center for Great Plains Studies
M. Eckstrom, R. Edwards
$75,000
National Endowment for Humanities
Staking Their Claim: Great Plains Black Homesteaders
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
D. Schachtman
$749,812
Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
The Role Of Plant Root Exudates In Shaping Soil Microbial Community Composition And The Influence That Has On Nutrient Cycling And Nitrogen Use
Department of Animal Science
D. Ciobanu, H. Vu
$500,000
USDA-NIFA
Deconstructing the role of SYNGR2 in viral disease susceptibility in livestock
Department of Biochemistry
X. Sun, E. Harris, O. Khalimonchuk
$1,955,473
Department of Health and Human Services-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Role of lncRNA Meg3 in obesity-induced endothelial senescence and insulin resistance
Department of Biochemistry/Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
J. Allen, P. Black, Y. Demirel
$240,187
Nebraska Environmental Trust
Direct Removal of Groundwater Nitrate Coupling Water Treatment and Algae Growth
Department of Chemistry
D. Berkowitz
$476,140
National Science Foundation
NSF IPA Assignment
Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Y. Dzenis
$599,374
Department of Defense-Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Ultratough Lightweight High-Temperature Nanofibers for Aerospace Composites
Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering/Department of Mathematics
F. Bobaru, A. Larios
$748,375
NSF
Corrosion-Induced Fracture and Failure: Transforming Computations from Micrometers and Minutes to Meters and Years
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences
J. Zempleni
$408,375
DHHS-National Institutes of Health
Development of an Exosome and Cargo Tracking Mouse
Department of Physics and Astronomy
K. Bloom, F. Golf, I. Kravchenko
$224,687
Cornell University
U.S. CMS Upgrades for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider
P. Dowben
$486,234
NSF
Heteromolecular Interface Design for Better Multiferroic Molecular Spintronics
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders
A. Wragge
$357,995
Nebraska Department of Education
Nebraska Autism Spectrum Disorders Network, State Coordinator Project 2020-21
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders/Center for Science, Mathematics & Computer Education/Department of Educational Psychology/Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
J. Namkung, J. Bovaird, N. Koziol, W. Smith
$1,399,534
Department of Education-Institute of Education Sciences
Exploring Cognitive and Foundational Processes Underlying Pre-algebra among Students with and without Mathematics Learning Difficulties
Midwest Roadside Safety/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
J. Steelman, M. Asadollahipajouh, J. Eun, S. Kim, C. Song, C. Stolle
$248,261
Alaska Dept of Transportation & Public Facilities
Evaluation of Light Pole Foundation Embedment
School of Natural Resources
J. Corman, C. Chizinski, S. Thomas
$307,730
Nebraska Environmental Trust
StreamNet: Building capacity to improve water quality
C. Chizinski
$281,510
Nebraska Game & Parks Commission
Human Dimensions of Wildlife Survey Analysis
West Central Research and Extension Center/Department of Animal Science/Panhandle Research and Extension Center
T. Mulliniks, S. Fernando, M. Stephenson
$299,999
USDA-NIFA
Impact Of Milk Production On Cow-Calf Productivity, Grazing Behavior, And Profitability
West Central Research and Extension Center/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Northeast Research & Extension District/Southeast Research & Extension District/Water Center
D. Rudnick, C. Burr, K. Caswell, T. Ingram, C. Ray, J. Rees, M. Stockton, R. Tigner, T. Whitney
$850,000
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
Accelerating Adoption of Water Conservation Technologies and Management Practices through Innovative Engagement Programming